Dear Mrs. Hale,
I thought it would be necessary to write and tell you about the actual events leading to the death of my husband, because as we both know looking through one's house could clearly give you the wrong impression. Months before he died, he had seem distant, confused and most importantly depressed. It seemed mild until two days ago when he took a rope to my pet bird's neck; strangling it to death.
The week before the killing of my bird my husband forced me to stop singing because it gave him headaches, so I bought myself a bird -- a wise innocent creature, to remind me of those happier times. This bird brought me back a hope I knew I was lacking and having it back made my heart feel full once again. I do not know why my husband took his anger out on this bird, for it had done him no wrong to begin with.
Knowing that the bird did nothing to my husband, seemed unfair to me therefore I felt revenge was necessary. Then I also took a rope, and tied it around his neck while he was sleeping. The rope was not intended to kill him but to startle him and force him to appoligize for what he had done. Throughout the night the rope got tighter, choaking him to death -- it was clearly unintentional.
Mrs. Hale I took the trouble to write this letter from prison, to ask that you show this to the police so they know what lead up to the killing of my husband, and that I should be proven innocent.
I thought it would be necessary to write and tell you about the actual events leading to the death of my husband, because as we both know looking through one's house could clearly give you the wrong impression. Months before he died, he had seem distant, confused and most importantly depressed. It seemed mild until two days ago when he took a rope to my pet bird's neck; strangling it to death.
The week before the killing of my bird my husband forced me to stop singing because it gave him headaches, so I bought myself a bird -- a wise innocent creature, to remind me of those happier times. This bird brought me back a hope I knew I was lacking and having it back made my heart feel full once again. I do not know why my husband took his anger out on this bird, for it had done him no wrong to begin with.
Knowing that the bird did nothing to my husband, seemed unfair to me therefore I felt revenge was necessary. Then I also took a rope, and tied it around his neck while he was sleeping. The rope was not intended to kill him but to startle him and force him to appoligize for what he had done. Throughout the night the rope got tighter, choaking him to death -- it was clearly unintentional.
Mrs. Hale I took the trouble to write this letter from prison, to ask that you show this to the police so they know what lead up to the killing of my husband, and that I should be proven innocent.
Thank you Mrs. Hale,
-Minnie Foster
Tmae,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading this. It really feels like that would be something Minnie Foster would say. I like how you said, "Knowing that the bird did nothing to my husband, seemed unfair to me therefore I felt revenge was necessary," it shows your take on the story from Minnie's prospective. "I bought myself a bird -- a wise innocent creature, to remind me of those happier times," really supports the text evidence from the story. I think you did great, the only thing I think maybe next time is spell check it again, you spelt choking wrong :p Greet job Tmae! Keep it going!
This really shows in a creative way, that you fiully understand the character, and the way she operated. I love that this is a different swort of writing piece, and not just a regular essay. Excellent. I'm so glad you chose this option, because last year I didn't give you enough options to do a creative piece, and consequently, didn't know how good you are. Thanks.
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